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Regional Development and Transportation

Student	Chair	Dissertation Title
APPLE, Kristen	Stough	Should Business Methods be Patentable? Understanding the Impact on Society of Business Methods Patents (December 2013)
ARENA, Peter M.	Stough	High Technology Employment Growth in Metropolitan America: An Empirical Investigation (May 2004)
AUGUSTINE, Charles D.	Gifford	Evaluating the Emissions Contribution of Unresolved Vehicle Inspection Failures (May 2008)
BELLAS, Dean Demetrius	Fuller	Fiscal Impact Simulation Modeling: Calculating the Fiscal Impact of Development (May 2005)
BENSON, Brien	Stough	Intermodal Intercity Passenger Travel for the Washington Baltimore Region (Aug. 2001)
BIERNACKA-LIEVESTRO, Joanna	Fuller	Analyzing the Association between Walkability and Regional Economic Vitality
BORTHWICK, R. Bruce	Stough	Intermodal Intercity Passenger Travel for the Washington Baltimore Region (Aug. 2001)
CHAMPAGNE, Maurice B.	Fuller	Interest Groups and Ideas: The Battle over Housing Finance in the Run-up to the Financial Crisis (May 2015)
CHAPMAN, Lynn	Haynes	The Effects of Monetary Policy on U.S. Regional Employment 1999-2004 (May 2009)
CHEN, Zhenhua	Haynes	Regional Impact of Public Transportation Infrastructure in the U.S. Northeast Megaregion: A Spatial Econometric Computable General Equilibrium Assessment (May 2014)
CHENG, Shaoming	Stough	Heterogenous Preferences in the Location Choice of Japanese Investors in China: A Mixed Logit Approach (Jan. 2006)
CZARDA, Lawrence D.	Stough	The Productive Efficiency of Metropolitan County Government: Analysis of the Impact of Government Structure (Aug. 1997)
DAITO, Nobuhiko	Gifford	Essays on Infrastructure Public Private Partnerships
DESANTIS, Mark F.	Stough	Leadership, Resource Endowments and Regional Economic Development (May 1993)
DIAMOND, David D.	Auerswald	Public Policies for Hybrid-Electric Vehicles: The Impact of Government Incentives on Consumer Adoption (May 2008)
DING, Lei	Haynes	Telecommunications Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development in China (Aug. 2005)
DUCHAK, George D.	Hill	Some Determinants of Information Technology Adoption Factors by Rural Electric Cooperatives
DUNLAP, Katrina Hubbard	Schintler	Linking Public Trust in Government with Federal Disaster Relief Aid: A Case Study of Hurricane-Prone Gulf Coast Residents (August 2022)
EHRESMANN, Elaine C.	Connelly	A Marketing Process Model: An Analysis of the National Capital Area's Coordinated Care Program (TRICARE) (May 1995)
FAZZARI, Justin D.	Fuller	A Study of Metropolitan Economies from 1980 - 2000: Examining Changes in Metropolitan Sectoral Employment and Poverty
FONTANEZ, Paul J.	Fuller	Determinants of Kyrgyz Economic Growth
STURTEVANT (FOWLER), Lisa Ann	Fuller	Immigrant Suburbs: An Analysis of the Residential Mobility and Location Decisions of Recent Immigrants (May 2006)
FRANK, Peter	Stough	Nonprofit Entrepreneurship in Regional Economies: Organization Creation and Economic Growth (Jan. 2005)
GOPALAN, Sasidaran	Rajan	Monetary and Financial Implications of Foreign Bank Entry in Emerging and Developing Economies (August 2014)
GORMAN, Sean P.	Stough	Networks, Complexity, and Security: The Role of Policy in Critical Infrastructure Protection (May 2004)
HARDY, Matthew	Gifford	Simplified Integrated Transportation and Land Use Modeling to Support Metropolitan Planning Decisions: An Application and Assessment (May 2011)
HARPEL, Ellen D.	Fuller	The Role of Professional and Business Services in Metropolitan Economies (Aug. 2006)
HENRY, Sandra M.	Fuller	An Econometric Analysis of Internet Adoption in Latin America and the Caribbean: 1996-2000 (May 2004)
HIGGINS, Lindley R.	Fuller	Assessing the Economic Impact of Community Based Home ownership Programs on Inner-City Neighborhoods (May 2001)
HOLLEY JR, William T.	Fuller	Assessing the Impact of Prison Siting on Rural Economic Development (Jan. 2009)
HOLZHEIMER, Terry F.	Stough	Smart Growth Policies and the Public Sector Costs of Growth (May 2006)
HSING, Yulan	Haynes	Regional Hub Port Performance and Institutional Evaluation: Data Envelopment Analysis for the Port of Kaohshiung (Jan. 2000)
HU, Xiaochu	Fuller	Immigration and Economic Growth in Metropolitan Areas (May 2014)
ISTRATE, Emilia C.	Stough	Small Businesses, Institutions, and the Informal Economy (May 2012)
JACKSON, Scott	Stough	Mulling Over Massachusetts: Health Insurance Mandates and Entrepreneurs (May 2008)
JEFFERSON, Katherine D.	Stough	Transportation Policy and Quality of Life: An Analysis of the Socioeconomic Effects of Implementing Ramp Metering, High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes and High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes Within an Urban Transportation Network (Jan. 2009)
JOHNSON, Kirk A.	Stough	What Factors Explain Edge Cities? (Aug. 1998)
JUNG, Yu Jin	Fuller	Linking Workforce Development and Economic Development in Regions: A Mixed Method Evaluation (May 2012)
JUSTUS, Adam R.	Mayer	Is Your Public Housing RAD? Public Housing Authority Capacity Building and Decision Making (December 2020)
KELEKAR, Uma	Stough	Fiscal Interactions among Local Government Units – A Spatial Analysis of the Health and Education Expenditures in the Philippines (Aug. 2011)
KELLER, Bradford M.	Fuller	Higher Education and Employment: An Examination of How Support for Higher Education Can Improve Long-Term Economic Performance (May 2010)
KHAN, Muhammad Salar	Hart and Olds	Absorptive Capacity and Economic Growth: How Does Absorptive Capacity Affect Economic Growth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? (August 2022)
KOCORNIK-MINA, Adriana	Stough	The Effects of Space of Inter-State Growth Dynamics and Income Disparities in India - Modeling the Simultaneous Growth of a System of Spatial Units (Aug. 2007)
KWEUN, Jeong Yun	Stough	Essays on Travel Demand for Toll Roads (May 2017)
LALL, Somik	Haynes	The Role of Infrastructure in Regional Growth (Jan. 2001)
LAWRENCE, James A.	Armor	Growing Earnings Inequality in U.S. Metro Regions (1990 to 2004): The Role of the Financial Services and Information Technology Industries (December 2013)
LEARY, Mary A.	Schintler	Policy Intersections or Policy Chasms - State Elder Mobility Policy, Practice and Long-term Care Reform (May 2008)
LI, Huaqun	Haynes	Regional Economic Inequality and Foreign Direct Investment in China
LI, Qiangsheng	Haynes	Regional Dynamics and Growth Advantages of the Washington Metropolitan Economy: An Extended and Integrated Shift-Share Approach (Jan. 1997)
LIU, Yanchun	Haynes	Impacts of Telecommunications Infrastructure and Its Spillover Effects on Regional Economic Growth in China (Jan. 2009)
LOYOLA-TRUJILLO, Jose	Fuller	The Spatial Relocation of Mexico's Largest Exporting Industries: A Comparative Study of Five Metropolitan Areas (Jan. 2005)
LUNN, Maxine P.	Lipset	Community at a Crossroads - Latino Community Participation in Agenda Setting in Washington, D.C. (Aug. 1996)
MAGGIO, Mark E.	Stough	Decision-making on Controversial Transport and Enforcement Technology Applications (May 2004)
MALIK, Ammar Anees	Root	Exploring the Dynamics of Urban Development with Agent-Based Modeling: The Case of Pakistani Cities (May 2015)
MARWAH, Sanjay	Haynes	Opportunity Structures and Crime in Suburban Los Angeles (Jan. 2005)
MCCORMICK, Michael	Gifford	The Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Passenger Hub Airport Abandonment by Legacy US Air Carriers (May 2023)
MOORE, Lewis	Stough	Weather-Related Crashes on Public Lands (Jan. 2008)
MORRIS, Andrea Y.	Fuller	Affordable Housing: A Question of Definition A Case Study on the Housing Markets of Arlington County, VA and Montgomery County, MD (May 2008)
NEIVA, Rui Quesado	Button	Economic Efficiency of Air Navigation Service Providers: An Assessment in Europe (May 2014)
PALUBINSKAS, Ginta T.	Stough	Economic Transformation: The Full Societal Transformation Thesis (Jan. 2003)
PATEL, Amit V.	Stough	Slumulation: An Integrated Simulation Framework to Explore Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Slum Formation in Ahmedabad, India (December 2012)
PENNY, Robert G.	Harrington	An Assessment of the Relative Importance of Public Sector Versus Private Sector Export Assistance in the Export Performance of Virginia Manufacturers (Aug. 1997)
PHARIS, Claudia C.	Stough	A Framework for the Application of the Tools of Complexity Science to the Analysis of Regional Growth and Development: Toward a Computational Regional Science
POOLE, Kenneth	Fuller	The Role of the Practitioner Networks in the Successful Diffusion and Implementation of Policy Innovations: Lessons from Enterprise Zone Experiences (Jan. 2000)
PRASAD, Nikhilesh	Goldstone	Modernization as a Social Process: The Case of Britain (Aug. 2009)
QIAN, Haifeng	Acs	Regional Systems of Entrepreneurship: The Nexus of Human Capital, Knowledge, and Entrepreneurial Activity (Aug. 2010)
RESTON, Russell	High	The Philippine Economy Under Ramos: A Comparative Scorecard (Jan. 2001)
SALAZAR, Maria E.	Stough	Local Economic Development in Mexico: A Comparative Study of the Methods and Goals of Local, State and Federal Economic Development Agencies (May 2007)
SALEM, Pofen	Fuller	The Internationalization of Small Business Service Firms in Metropolitan Economies: A Case Study of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area (Aug. 2000)
SHAKIROVA, Ramziya	Hughes Hallett	The Importance of Institutional Arrangements for Development: A Study of the Relationship between Decentralized Governance and the Provision of Public Education
SHEARN, Benjamin	Rhodes	Identity Framing: How Indian Policy-Maker Identity Affects Threat Perception (May 2023)
SONG, Chunpu	Stough	The Regional Macroeconomic Effects of Public Infrastructure in China (May 2011)
SOUSA, Sonia A.	Fuller	Entrepreneurship and Initiatives in European Union Regional Competitiveness
STALEBRINK, Odd J.	Gifford	Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting in Transition: A Study of "Earnings Management" Under the Accrual and Consolidation Model (Aug. 2000)
SUTTER, Ryan C.	Stough	The Psychology of Entrepreneurship and the Technological Frontier - A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Regional Entrepreneurship in the United States (May 2010)
TIRTOSUHARTO, Darius	Stough	Regional Competitiveness in Indonesia: The Incentives of Fiscal Decentralization on Efficiency and Economic Growth (Jan. 2010)
TURNER, Sidney C.	Haynes	The Political Economy of Urban Primacy: A Reconsideration (December 2013)
UMAROV, Utkirdjan	Haynes	Modeling Lending Pressure and House Price Bubble Absorption: A Case of the United States (May 2018)
VACHAL, Kimberly J.	Button	Economic Growth of Nonmetropolitan and Agricultural Region Cities (Jan. 2005)
VEGA, Henry, L.	Button	Developing Countries and Their Airborne Export Flows of Perishable and High-Tech Goods (May 2010)
VIRGILL, Nicola	Acs	Export Processing Zones: Tools of Development or Reform Delay? (May 2009)
VU, Ha	Root	Fiscal Policy in Vietnam: Does It Spur Regional Concentration? (Jan. 2011)
WANG, Emily Xiaoxia	Stough	China As Public Venture Capitalist: Attainment and Policies (May 2006)
WATERS, Keith L.	Fuller	Firm Formation and Regional Labor Allocation (December 2018)
XIE, Qingshu	Fuller	The Dynamics of Regional Income Convergence in the U.S. 1970-2000 (May 2003)
YANG, Guang	Stough	Spatial Proximity, Functional Closeness and Regional Competitiveness (Jan. 2005)
YILMAZ, Serdar	Haynes	Regionalization of Telecommunications Investment: Is Telecommunications a Tool in Interregional Economic Competition? (Jan. 2001)
YUAN, Junyang	Button	Impacts of Traffic Congestion on Regional Production Efficiency: Cases of U.S. Urban Areas (May 2014)
ZAPATA, Ellen A.	Fuller	A Mixed Method Analysis of Foreclosure and Local Government Policy in the Washington, D.C. Area (December 2012)
ZHAO, Zuoquan	Stough	The Economic Growth of a Nation: A Spatial Perspective (Aug. 2004)
ZHOU, Xin	Gifford	Transit Oriented Development: Does It Provide a More Affordable Way of Life? Examining Transit Oriented Development's Impacts on Household Travel Decisions

Technology, Science, and Innovation

Student	Chair	Dissertation Title
ABEL, Troy D.	Stough	Paths to New Public Policy: Civic Factors and Local Voluntary Environmental Efforts (Aug. 1998)
ADAMS, Richard C.	Kash	Culture, Policy, and Technology Innovation: U.S. and Japanese Performance in Electro/Mechanical Technologies (Aug. 1995)
ADASE, James	Hill	Cultural Divide Between Science and Diplomacy at the Department of State (Aug. 2002)
ALPERT, Sheri	Lipset	Machine Tractable Human Tissue: Policy Implications for Medical Privacy (Jan. 2001)
AU, Caterina	Stough	Diffusion and Adoption of Genetically Modified Cotton: Interaction of Agricultural Policies and Farm Households in the United States (Jan. 2010)
AUGER, Robin N.	Kash	Public-Private Collaboration in Technological Innovation: An Examination of U.S. Experiences Since World War II (May 2006)
AUGUSTINE, Charles D.	Gifford	Evaluating the Emissions Contribution of Unresolved Vehicle Inspection Failures (May 2008)
BECK, Richard T.	Mahler	Engagement: Promoting Intergroup Collaboration and Innovation in Effective Research and Development Management (Aug. 1993)
BENEDICT, Jeri	High	An Industry Study of Commercial High-Spatial-Resolution Satellite Remote Sensing (Aug. 2008)
CHENEY, David	Kash	Information Technology, Science, and Public Policy (Jan. 2008)
COHEN, Martin F.	Hart	Testing Theories of Innovation Diffusion: Analysis of Physicians’ Adoption of Electronic Health Records
COLEMAN, John J.	Tolchin	Controlling Prescription Drug Abuse By Design (May 2007)
COX, Kenneth E.	Button	Economies of Speed: Policy Implications of High Speed Technologies on the U.S. Maritime Transportation System (May 2001)
CURTIS, Michael R.	Kash	Technological Innovation and Public Private Sector Collaborations: The Case of the Advanced Turbine System Program (Jan. 2002)
DAITO, Nobuhiko	Gifford	Essays on Infrastructure Public Private Partnerships
DAVIS, Theodore J.	Hart	High-Skill Migration as a Positive-Sum Relationship for Tradable Services: The Case of India and the United States (December 2013)
DEVIRGILIO, Mark	Sibley	Balancing Information Access and Security (BIAS): Explaining Three Decades of United States Encryption Policymaking (Aug. 2005)
DIAMOND, David D.	Auerswald	Public Policies for Hybrid-Electric Vehicles: The Impact of Government Incentives on Consumer Adoption (May 2008)
DOLAN, Dana Archer	Posner	Tracing a Slow Emergency through Kingdon’s Politics Stream: How Australia’s Extreme Millennium Drought Influenced Climate Change Adaptation Governance in the 2007 Water Act (May 2017)
DUCHAK, George D.	Hill	Some Determinants of Information Technology Adoption Factors by Rural Electric Cooperatives
FABSITZ, Richard R.	Kash	Shifting Federally Funded Research Into Pasteur's Quadrant: A Case Study of the SBIR Program at NIH (May 2003)
FAROOQUE, Mahmud A.	Kash	The Evolution of Technological Forecasting and the Contemporary Policy Systems, 1935-1999 (May 2004)
FITZSIMMONS, Carolyn	Sibley	Knowledge Spillovers From Joint Government-Industry Supported Research: A Case Study from the Automotive Industry (May 2001)
GARG, Sachin	Auerswald	Essays on Big Data and Development (August 2017)
GETTMAN, Jon	Fuller	Portfolio Variance Analysis and Sustainable Rural Economic Development (May 2000)
GORMAN, Sean P.	Stough	Networks, Complexity, and Security: The Role of Policy in Critical Infrastructure Protection (May 2004)
GUTIERREZ, Juan Julio	Hart	Plant-Level Innovation Patterns in a Globalized World: A Latin American Perspective (December 2013)
HAMILTON, Robert	Perry	Foreign Science & Engineering Doctoral Attainment in American Universities (Jan. 2010)
HAN, Lianchao	Kash	The New Food Pyramid: Culture, Policy and Technology in the TransAtlantic GMO Controversy (May 2005)
HARE, Forrest B.	Sommer	The Interdependent Nature of National Cyber Security: Motivating Private Action for a Public Good (Jan. 2011)
HELFRICH, Monique V.	McNeely	Crafting Policy in the Face of Uncertainty: Managing the Risk of High-Consequence Operations (May 2018)
HENRY, Sandra M.	Fuller	An Econometric Analysis of Internet Adoption in Latin America and the Caribbean: 1996-2000 (May 2004)
HICKS, Joel	Hart	Behavioral Interventions in Energy Consumption (December 2019)
HIGGINBOTHAM, Brian	Auerswald	The Standardization of Standardization: The Search for Order in Complex Systems (August 2017)
HIRA, Ronil	Gulledge	Electronic Commerce and Manufacturing Supply Chain Integration and Management: Approaches to Improve Government Policies (Aug. 2002)
HODGE, Ronald	Listokin	Patterns of Adoption for Mobile Broadband: Its Role in the U.S. Digital Divide (May 2017)
JIN, Dengjian	Kash	Knowledge Regimes and National Competitiveness (Aug. 1998)
JONES, Boyd A.	Gulledge	Information Technology Enabled Public Sector Service Satisfaction (May 2004)
KALLAS-ZELEK, Kadri	Hart	Innovation in the Services Sector: Towards a New Typological Theory (August 2014)
KILPATRICK, Henry E.	Stough	Dynamic Increase Return to Scale, Technology Growth, Lock-in and Hysteresis: A Study of Evolutionary Growth of the Semiconductor Industry in the U.S. (Aug. 1998)
KIM, Hyun Ju (Monica)	Koizumi	Essays on Household Decision-Making and Mobile Access in Ethiopia
KIM, Sung Jae	Reinert	The Impact of Standards and Institutional Capacity on International Trade: An Examination of Food and Agricultural Products (May 2006)
KRISHNASWAMY, Suresh	Auerswald	Clouds in the Distance? Assessing the Role of Service Provisioning Decisions in Shaping Cyber Infrastructure Resilience (December 2020)
KRUEGER, Richard D.	Pfiffner	Technology Transfer and U.S. National Security Policy: The Joint Strike Fighter (Aug. 2010)
KULCHITSKY, Dmytro Roman	Lavoie	Computerization, Knowledge and Information Technology Initiatives: The Cases of Jordan and Israel (Aug. 2001)
LEE, Joshua A.	Schintler	Artificial Neural Networks in Public Policy: Towards an Analytical Framework (May 2020)
LEE, Margo M.	Mahler	Coping Strategies of Scientific Organizations (May 2003)
LI, Ning	Kash	Innovation Systems and Technology Spillovers: Economic, Geographic, and Institutional Perspectives (May 2004)
LIN, Xintong	Sibley	E-Government Implementation and Practices for Policy Goals - A Methodology and Case Studies (Aug. 2007)
LITZELMAN, Michael	Perry	Cost Effectiveness and Cost/Benefits of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Demining Programs (May 2001)
LIU, Yanchun	Haynes	Impacts of Telecommunications Infrastructure and Its Spillover Effects on Regional Economic Growth in China (Jan. 2009)
MADISON, John J.	Kash	The Scientific Elite: Enterprising Participants in Science Policy Development (Aug. 1994)
MCNAMARA, Castilla Florence	Stough	Science Policy for Biomedical Crises: Examination and Analysis of the Synoptic Strategy (Jan. 2005)
MCQUADE, Samuel C., III	Sibley	Cops Versus Crooks: Technological Competition and Complexity in the Co-Evolution of Information Technologies and Money Laundering (Aug. 2001)
MORAR, David	Listokin	Analyzing the Relationship Between Communities of Practice and Institutional Structure in Multistakeholder Frameworks. A Case Study in Internet Governance (August 2018)
MOHD AMIN, Fatima	Hill	Innovation in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Malaysian Information Technology (IT) Industry (May 2001)
MUSTAFA, Shahid S.	Sibley	Factors that Explain Internet Growth in Africa: An Empirical Model (Jan. 2002)
NOVAK, Justin M.	Hart	Use of Knowledge Commons in Open Innovation Systems: The Case of Free and Open Source Software
OLSON, Warren	Kash	Urban Information Systems Technology: Tools and Policy Implications for the Military and Law Enforcement in the 21st Century (Jan. 2001)
PANDIT, Nitin S.	Haynes	Policy Design For Retail Electric Institutions: Artificial Intelligence Representations for a Common Property Resource Approach (Jan. 1999)
PARAJULI, Jitendra	Haynes	Broadband Internet in the U.S. (May 2013)
PARFOMAK, Elizabeth C.	Stough	Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide: Socioeconomic Characteristics and Landowner Acceptance of Carbon Sequestration Sites (December 2012)
PATEL, Amit V.	Stough	Slumulation: An Integrated Simulation Framework to Explore Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Slum Formation in Ahmedabad, India (December 2012)
PHARIS, Claudia C.	Stough	A Framework for the Application of the Tools of Complexity Science to the Analysis of Regional Growth and Development: Toward a Computational Regional Science
POMMERENING, Christine	Tolchin	The Development of Governance Structures For the Internet. Principles and Practices in the Case of the Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) (Jan. 2004)
SARKISSIAN, Alfred	Hart	Essays on the Drug Discovery Innovation System (December 2017)
SCHALLER, Robert R.	Kash	Technological Innovation in the Semiconductor Industry: A Case Study of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) (May 2004)
SKLAREW, Jennifer	Hart	Shock to the System: How Catastrophic Events and Institutional Relationships Impact Japanese Energy Policymaking, Resilience, and Innovation
STABILE, Bonnie B.	Tolchin	Balancing Morality and Economy: The Case of State Human Cloning Policies (May 2006)
STANFORD, Virgil Ian	LaPorte	Rooftop Revolution? The Comparative Effectiveness of State Incentives for Solar Photovoltaic Adoption in the Residential Sector
SULLIVAN, Ellen	McNeely	The Webmaster's Tale: Joining the EU Information Society (Aug. 2005)
TIAN, Fangmeng	Hart	Emigration of Chinese Scientists and its Impacts on National Research Performance from a Sending Country Perspective
THOMAS, Kevin	Addleson	Resistance to Wireless Telecommunication Antenna Siting: A Comparative Case Study of Regulatory Policy (Jan. 2008)
TINGLE, Anthony L.	Hart	Essays on the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs
TUCKER, Jonathan C.	Hill	An Analysis of Industry Support for the NSF's Engineering Research Centers (May 2003)
VALENTINE, Patrick F.	Heclo	Equality and Efficiency: Telecommunications Policy and Conflicting American Principles (Jan. 1997)
WILLIAMS, Rhys M.	Kash	The Exchange of Knowledge During Federal Laboratory/Industry Commercial Innovation: Toward New Federal Public Policy Framework (Aug. 1999)
WILSON, Clay, III	Stough	Protection of Rights in Intellectual Property: How Will Public Policy Control Copyright Piracy in the Age of the Internet? (May 2001)
ZANGARDI, John A.	LaPorte	Regulation of Internet Top Level Domain Names (Jan. 2005)
ZELNIO, Ryan	Hart	A Complexity Approach to Evaluating National Scientific Systems through International Scientific Collaborations (May 2013)

Governance

Student	Chair	Dissertation Title
ABDUKADIROV, Sherzod A.	Goldstone	Emergence of Political Parties during Democratic Transitions: An Agent-based Approach (May 2011)
AFAQI, Jamil	Wedel	The Effect of Culture on the Workings of Bureaucracy: A Comparison of the U.S. and Pakistani Audit Bureaucracies (May 2015)
ALLEN, Benjamin L.	Fukuyama	Consumption Taxation of Electronic Commerce: A Comparison of United States (US) and European Union (EU) Policies, 1997 to 2000 (May 2002)
AL-SALLOUM, Tariq M.	Haynes	Policy Choices In Developing Countries: The Case Of Privatization in Saudi Arabia (May 1999)
AMES, Fred Lewis	Addleson	The Drive to Improve Performance in the Federal Government: A Longitudinal Case Study of Managing for Results (May 2015)
ARNOLD, Aaron M.	Acs	An Organizational Approach to Entrepreneurship in the Federal Sector (May 2014)
ASLAM, Ghazia	High	Dictatorship As a Bargaining Process: The Case Of Pakistan (Jan. 2011)
BAILEY, Marshall H., III	Stough	Public Administration Efficiency Through Total Quality Management (May 1993)
BAKER, Paul M.A.	Harrington	Local Government Internet Sites as Public Policy Innovations (Aug. 1997)
BARTON, Richard A.	Pfiffner	Postal Reorganization Legislation: Comparative Case Studies of the Legislative Process (May 2010)
BROOK, Douglas A.	Pfiffner	Business Style Financial Statements Under the CFO Act: An Examination of Audit Opinions (May 2001)
BYBEE, Ashley-Louise N.	Goldstone	Narco State or Failed State? Politics and Narcotics in Guinea-Bissau
CERENZIA, Julia A.	Listokin	Professionalism and Self-Regulatory Standards: Responsiveness of Medical Licensure and Certification (May 2014)
CHAPMAN, Lynn	Haynes	The Effects of Monetary Policy on U.S. Regional Employment 1999-2004 (May 2009)
CHECHERITA, Cristina	Hughes Hallett	A Macroeconomic Analysis of Investment Under Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and Its Policy Implications - the Case of Developing Countries (Jan. 2010)
CHOI, Yon Jung	McNeely	Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a World Cultural Norm?: A Comprehensive Analysis of Global CSR Governance (May 2017)
CHOKPRAJAKCHAT, Srisombat	Tolchin	Thailand's Agenda Setting Process: The Foundation of the Special Investigation Department Using the FBI (Jan. 2004)
CHUDY, John P.	White	Political Management and Economic Policy Reform: An Exploration of Structural Adjustment Experience (May 1992)
COBIN, John	Ellig	Building Regulation, Market Alternatives and Allodial Policy (Aug. 1996)
COLE, Benjamin R.	Goldstone	Re-conceptualizing Democracy: Harnessing Social Complexity at the State-Society Interface (May 2011)
COLEMAN, David W.	Perry	The U.S. Public Sector and its Adoption of Service Oriented Technology (December 2012)
COLEMAN, John J.	Tolchin	Controlling Prescription Drug Abuse By Design (May 2007)
CUDA, Daniel L.	High	Depot Maintenance, and Businesslike Reform of the Department of Defense (Jan. 2011)
CZARDA, Lawrence D.	Stough	The Productive Efficiency of Metropolitan County Government: Analysis of the Impact of Government Structure (Aug. 1997)
DEFRANK, Anthony J.	Scimecca	The Path to Firearms Control: Understanding Government Regulation at the End of the 20th Century (May 2002)
DEWAL, Snigdha	Root	Governance and Political Entrepreneurship in India: Case Studies of Gujarat and Bihar
DOLAN, Dana Archer	Posner	Tracing a Slow Emergency through Kingdon’s Politics Stream: How Australia’s Extreme Millennium Drought Influenced Climate Change Adaptation Governance in the 2007 Water Act (May 2017)
DONNELLY, Daniel K.	Mahler	The Effect of Met Expectation on Organizational Commitment (Aug. 1996)
DUNCAN, Robert A.	Conlan	In Case of Emergency... Coordination of Emergency Management at the Local Level (Aug. 1995)
FANDL, Kevin J.	Goldstone	Beyond the Invisible: The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Formalization on Small Businesses in Colombia (May 2010)
FARR, DeAnn J.	Armor	Interstate Equity in Health Policy (Aug. 2004)
FLETCHER, Charles V.	Armor	Politics and Military Base Closures (Aug. 2006)
FRASER, Ronald R.	White	Policy Subsystems and the Idea Whose Time Has Come (Jan. 1997)
GORDON IV, John	Pfiffner	The Quadrennial Defense Review: Analyzing the Major Defense Review Process (May 2005)
GORY, Duane	Pfiffner	State Control Over NGOs That Are Not Financially Dependent On The State (Aug. 2008)
HARTKE, Jason	Pfiffner	The Environmental Presidency: Explaining Environmental Policy by Direct Action (May 2009)
HEARNE, Sheila M.	Regan	Medical Records: The Role of Advocacy Coalitions in Policy Change (Jan. 2003)
HOFFMAN, Linda E.	Armor	Collaborating Virginia Welfare and Workforce Services (May 2007)
HOLLEY JR, William T.	Fuller	Assessing the Impact of Prison Siting on Rural Economic Development (Jan. 2009)
HOUGH, Paul G.	Gulledge	Reforming the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System in the Department of Defense: A Study of Budget Process and Rules (May 1994)
JUSTUS, Adam R.	Mayer	Is Your Public Housing RAD? Public Housing Authority Capacity Building and Decision Making (December 2020)
KAZMI, Hina	Schintler	Government Contracts and the Organization of Firms (August 2016)
KAY, Ward R.	Mayer	Where's the "Public" in Public Policy: Skewed Democratic Pluralism vs. Nuanced Public Opinion in Attitudes toward Unauthorized Immigrants (May 2010)
KECKLER, Charles	Rozell	The Functional and Constitutional Consequences of Independent Commission Structure (December 2021)
KRISHNASWAMY, Suresh	Auerswald	Clouds in the Distance? Assessing the Role of Service Provisioning Decisions in Shaping Cyber Infrastructure Resilience
KRUEGER, Richard D.	Pfiffner	Technology Transfer and U.S. National Security Policy: The Joint Strike Fighter (Aug. 2010)
KWON, Chang	McNeely	Fiscal Policy, Transparency, and Subjective Well-Being (December 2020)
LE FAVOUR, John W.	Tolchin	Examination of the Influence of TRICARE Implementation on Ambulatory Health Care Utilization (Jan. 2003)
LE RENARD, Callie	Dinan	External Actors and National Preference Formation: European Energy Security Policy and Relations with Russia (December 2013)
LITTON, Eric	Marvel	How Do Framed Messages Affect Budget Recommendations? An Experiment in Federal Government Budgeting (May 2017)
MAAS, Gerard C., Jr.	Stough	Federal Workforce Restructuring: Agency Responses to External Pressures (Jan. 2004)
MAGNESS, Phillip	High	From Tariffs to the Income Tax: Trade Protection and Revenue in the United States (Jan. 2010)
MASTAL, Margaret F.	Mahler	Governance in American Health Care Organizations: 1984-1993 Elements and Patterns (Jan. 1997)
MAY, Kyle P.	Hart	Internet Disseminated Medical Information: An Investigation of Three Regulatory Policy Tools (Jan. 2009)
MCCREESH, Patrick J.	Listokin	The Factors Contributing to Agency-Level Budgetary Patterns in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
MEDLOCK, Kathleen V.	Pfiffner	A Critical Analysis of the Impact of the Department of Defense Reorganization Act on American Officership (Aug. 1993)
MCGOVERN, Tara A.	Shelley	New Armed Groups in Colombia: The Emergence of the Bacrim in the 21st Century
MICHAEL, George J.	Fukuyama	The U.S. Response to Domestic Right Wing Terrorism and Extremism: A Government and NGO Partnership (Jan. 2002)
MORAR, David	Listokin	Analyzing the Relationship Between Communities of Practice and Institutional Structure in Multistakeholder Frameworks. A Case Study in Internet Governance (August 2018)
MUTONE-SMITH, Danielle Marie	Tolchin	Food Aid Reform: The Basis for an NGO Led Reform Process
O’LAUGHLIN, Johanna C.	Goldstone	Aging in America: Exploring the Long-Term Care Puzzle and Barriers to Private Insurance Coverage (May 2018)
PETRIE, Ann	Mahler	Human Services Coalition: A Theory of Governance (May 2000)
POMMERENING, Christine	Tolchin	The Development of Governance Structures For the Internet. Principles and Practices in the Case of the Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) (Jan. 2004)
RANVILLE, Michelle	Rudder	The Effectiveness of Due Process Requirements in Public and Private Standard-Setting (August 2014)
RIGGLE, James	Conlan	The Future of American Federalism: Modeling State Politics and Policy (Aug. 2002)
ROGERS, Modestine	N Hart-Nibbrig	The Effects of Judicial Intervention on the Development of Deinstitutionalization Policy for Persons with Mental Disabilities (May 1993)
ROUGH, Jill A.	Mayer	Is the Abrams Doctrine Valid?: Exploring the Impact of Army National Guard Mobilization on Public Support for the War on Terror (Jan. 2011)
RUSTICI, Thomas C.	High	The Economic Effects of the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930 and the Beginning of the Great Depression (May 2005)
SAGER, Michelle	Conlan	Cooperation Without Borders: Federalism and International Trade (May 1999)
SALEEM, Raja Muhammad Ali	Goldstone	Effect of Islam's Role in State Nationalism on the Islamization of Government: Case Studies of Turkey and Pakistan
SAMUDA, Karelle A.Y.	Goldstone	The Political Economy of the Constituency Development Fund in Kenya and Jamaica (May 2018)
SCHUM, Richard M.	Sibley	A Study in Direct Democracy: The Citizen Initiative & the Determinants of Voter Behavior (Jan. 2009)
SHAKIROVA, Ramziya	Hughes Hallett	The Importance of Institutional Arrangements for Development: A Study of the Relationship between Decentralized Governance and the Provision of Public Education
SHOCKLEY, Gordon	Stough	The Function of Policy Entrepreneurship in American Politics: The Return of Stability to Federal Arts Policy (Aug. 2005)
SHOEMAKER, Melissa	Wedel	A House Divided: Evolution of EU Asylum Policy After The Bosnian War (May 2009)
SOKOLOWSKI, Eugene	Fauntroy	The Transitional Component of the African-American Electorate in the 2004 Presidential Election: Issue Orientation and the Voting Decision (May 2009)
STEVENS-THOMPSON, Yolanda	Perry	Analysis of the Eligibility Determination Methods for Medicaid's Aged and Disabled Waiver (Aug. 2005)
SUNDERBRUCH, Jude	Pfiffner	An Assessment of Neofunctionalist Spillover in Security Structures of the Post-Cold War European Union (Aug. 2008)
SZYMALAK, Jim	Pfiffner	Expanding the Obligation to Accommodate Public Employee Religious Free Expression and its Effects on Bureaucratic Accountability
TALKINGTON, Scott W.	Lipset	The Influence of Political Values and Campaign Spending in 1996 Congressional Elections (May 1998)
TRAMPE, Paul	Mayer	The Effects on Work Effort of the Simultaneous Phase-Down of Multiple Assistance Programs (Aug. 2008)
VANCE, Walter K.	Pfiffner	Financial Management Information Produced as a Result of the CFO Act and Its Use by Federal Government Agencies, the OMB and Congress (May 2003)
VENERI, Michael C.	Pfiffner	The Goldwater-Nichols Act and the Joint Duty Promotion Requirement: An Analysis of the U.S. Military's Implementation of a Congressional Mandate (May 2004)
VIRGILL, Nicola	Acs	Export Processing Zones: Tools of Development or Reform Delay? (May 2009)
VLAICU, Sorina O.	McNeely	Patient Rights versus Managed Care: A Policy Formulation Model (Aug. 2003)
VOLPE, Michael	Goldstone	Frame Resonance and Failure in the Thai Red Shirts and Yellow Shirts Movements
WAHAB, Bilal, A.	Shelley	Oil Federalism in Iraq: Resource Curse, Patronage Networks, and Stability. Case Studies of Baghdad, Kurdistan, and the Advent of ISIS (May 2015)
WALKER, Laura M.	Rozell	Religious-Based Decisions in Federal Appellate Courts: The Influence of Jurisdictional Characteristics and Judicial Attributes on Voting (December 2012)
WALTERS, Julie	McNeely	Assisted Living Regulation in the United States: Institutional Responses to a New Industry (Aug. 2005)
WEISSBURG, Paul	Rudder	Shifting Alliances in the Accreditation of Higher Education: On the Long-Term Consequences of Delegation of Government Authority to Self-Regulatory Organizations (Jan. 2009)
WILLIAMS, Rhys M.	Kash	The Exchange of Knowledge During Federal Laboratory/Industry Commercial Innovation: Toward New Federal Public Policy Framework (Aug. 1999)
WILSON, Aleta M.	Stough	Federal Procurement Policy: Effect on Minority Owned Businesses (May 2001)
WILSON, Brian Z.	Goldstone	Foreign Aid and Governance in a Complex Adaptive System (August 2020)
ZANGARDI, John A.	LaPorte	Regulation of Internet Top Level Domain Names (Jan. 2005)

Culture and Society

Student	Chair	Dissertation Title
ADAMS, Richard C.	Kash	Culture, Policy, and Technology Innovation: U.S. and Japanese Performance in Electro/Mechanical Technologies (Aug. 1995)
AFAQI, Jamil	Wedel	The Effect of Culture on the Workings of Bureaucracy: A Comparison of the U.S. and Pakistani Audit Bureaucracies (May 2015)
AGWARA, Hezekiah O.	Goldstone	Legacies of the Past: Coinciding Inequalities, Trust, and Entrepreneurial Capabilities of Nations (May 2012)
AL-FAHAD, Mohammad Y.	McNeely	Bridging the Global Digital Divide: Internet Diffusion in Muslim Countries (Jan. 2004)
ARIEIRA, Carlos	Haynes	Human Capital and Social Capital within Brazilian Families (Jan. 2000)
AUD, Susan L.	Armor	Competition and Efficiency Effects of Charter Schools (May 2002)
BALASURIYA, Kanishka	Root	How Decentralization Matters to Conflict: Devising a Generalizable Framework
BRAGG, Michelle L.	Fuller	Social Fathering Among African American Men and the Impact on Child and Family Outcomes (Jan. 2004)
BRYANT, Victoria	Slavov	The Outbreak of a Tax Break: Essays on the Participation and Impact of the Saver's Credit Across Time and Distance (May 2020)
CHAMPAGNE, Maurice B.	Fuller	Interest Groups and Ideas: The Battle over Housing Finance in the Run-up to the Financial Crisis (May 2015)
CHOI, Yon Jung	McNeely	Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a World Cultural Norm?: A Comprehensive Analysis of Global CSR Governance (May 2017)
COTTER, Joseph D.	Clark	Keeping the Faith: An Analysis of Ideological Continuity in the FSLN's Revolutionary Leadership in Transition to Revolutionary Rulership in Nicaragua (May 1993)
CUARTAS, Beatriz	Reinert	Essays on Well-being and Quality of Life in Latin America
DAS GUPTA, Debasree	Stough	Addressing High Fertility and Low Women's Work Participation: An Empirical Reflection on India (December 2013)
DINC, Mustafa	Haynes	The Dynamics of Efficiency in the State Higher Education Systems in the U.S. 1974-1994 (May 1999)
DO, Soo Gwan	Acs	Does Social Capital Matter? The Impacts of Social Capital on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth in the Knowledge Economy (Jan. 2010)
DONAHUE, Patricia F.	McNeely	We, The Community: A Study of Participation, Community and Public Policy (December 2013)
DONNELLY, Daniel K.	Mahler	The Effect of Met Expectation on Organizational Commitment (Aug. 1996)
DUNLAP, Katrina Hubbard	Schintler	Linking Public Trust in Government with Federal Disaster Relief Aid: A Case Study of Hurricane-Prone Gulf Coast Residents (August 2022)
ELROD, Catherine Schrader	Perry	Individuals with Chronic and/or Disabling Conditions: Determinants of Utilization of Physical Rehabilitation Services (May 2005)
GOODLOE, John M.	Lavoie	Money, Democracy, and the Southern Tradition (May 2001)
GUTH, Andrew	Shelley	The Corruption-Clientelism Relationship: Social Bonds and Debts Obligations (August 2019)
KWON, Chang	McNeely	Fiscal Policy, Transparency, and Subjective Well-Being (December 2020)
HANCOCK, John A.	Pfiffner	Officer Performance: Do the Service Academies Make a Difference? An Examination of the U.S. Navy (May 1999)
HASHEMI, Layla	Shelley	Dynamics of Contention: Protest and Resistance in Authoritarian Contexts (May 2020)
HIMATHONGKAM, Tinapa	Koizumi	Grocery Shopping Destination Choice and Obesity: an Empirical Study of Urban Population in Bangkok, Thailand
HOFFMAN, Linda E.	Armor	Collaborating Virginia Welfare and Workforce Services (May 2007)
HUSSAIN, Nazia	Shelley	Tracing Order in Seeming Chaos: Understanding the Informal and Violent Political Order of Karachi
IQBAL, Mufeeza	Reinert	Poverty, Basic Needs, and Political Violence: Insights into the Social Context of Terrorism from Pakistan's Northwestern Tribal Areas (August 2020)
ISTRATE, Emilia C.	Stough	Small Businesses, Institutions, and the Informal Economy (May 2012)
KAY, Ward R.	Mayer	Where's the "Public" in Public Policy: Skewed Democratic Pluralism vs. Nuanced Public Opinion in Attitudes toward Unauthorized Immigrants (May 2010)
KELLER, Bradford M.	Fuller	Higher Education and Employment: An Examination of How Support for Higher Education Can Improve Long-Term Economic Performance (May 2010)
KHAN, Muhammad Salar	Hart and Olds	Absorptive Capacity and Economic Growth: How Does Absorptive Capacity Affect Economic Growth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? (August 2022)
KING, Marva E.	McNeely	Collaboration Program Effectiveness: Comparing Two Community Partnership Programs (December 2012)
KUILER, Erik W.	McNeely	The Search for Eudaimonia: An Analysis of International Development, Migration, and Gender Equality (May 2007)
LAVENDER, Wayne	Rozell	Worldview and Public Policy: From American Exceptionalism to American Empire (Jan. 2010)
LINDSEY, Bruce	Armor	The Effect of Computers on the Mathematics Achievement of American 8th Grade Students (Aug. 2005)
LITZELMAN, Michael	Perry	Cost Effectiveness and Cost/Benefits of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Demining Programs (May 2001)
LUNN, Maxine P.	Lipset	Community at a Crossroads - Latino Community Participation in Agenda Setting in Washington, D.C. (Aug. 1996)
MARSTON, Kayyonne	Shelley	In Pursuit of Illicit Goals: Structure, Dynamics, and Collapse of Crime Facilitating Networks in Jamaica (August 2016)
MAXWELL, Sarah P.	Armor	The Changing Nature of the Feminist Movement (May 2004)
NAREL, James L.	Avruch/ Pfiffner	Humanitarian and Military Organizational Cultures and the Challenges of Contemporary Complex Emergencies (May 2007)
O’LAUGHLIN, Johanna C.	Goldstone	Aging in America: Exploring the Long-Term Care Puzzle and Barriers to Private Insurance Coverage (May 2018)
PARK, Eun Jung	Armor	Explaining Achievement Disparities between the United States and South Korea (May 2013)
PARFOMAK, Elizabeth C.	Stough	Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide: Socioeconomic Characteristics and Landowner Acceptance of Carbon Sequestration Sites (December 2012)
PEDLIKIN, Philip S.	Mayer	The Closure of Institutions for the Intellectually Disabled: How Depopulation Impacts Programs and Spending (December 2020)
PETERS, Lutheria N.	Schintler	The Positionality of Race in Graduate and Professional School Admissions: A Theoretical Lens and Empirical Contribution for Race Conscious and Race Neutral Policies (December 2018)
POOL, Amy C.	Lipset	The Path to Power: The Evolution of Rights Discourse in the Twentieth Century United States (Aug. 1996)
PRASAD, Nikhilesh	Goldstone	Modernization as a Social Process: The Case of Britain (Aug. 2009)
RAY, Marcella Ridlen	Lipset	Out of the Shadows: An Empirical Analysis of How Civil Society in the U.S. Changed During the 20th Century (May 2000)
ROGERS, Modestine	N Hart-Nibbrig	The Effects of Judicial Intervention on the Development of Deinstitutionalization Policy for Persons with Mental Disabilities (May 1993)
SALEEM, Raja Muhammad Ali	Goldstone	Effect of Islam's Role in State Nationalism on the Islamization of Government: Case Studies of Turkey and Pakistan
SIDDIQUE, Abu Bakkar	Koizumi	Three Essays on Tax Behavior, Public Goods Provisions, and Income Poverty (August 2022)
SOKOLOWSKI, Eugene	Fauntroy	The Transitional Component of the African-American Electorate in the 2004 Presidential Election: Issue Orientation and the Voting Decision (May 2009)
SPENGLER, Arthur W.	Stough	Why Local Government Employees Choose to Bargain Collectively: The Role of Collective Voice in the Competition For Budget Resources in An Era of Fiscal Discontent (May 1998)
STEVENS-THOMPSON, Yolanda	Perry	Analysis of the Eligibility Determination Methods for Medicaid's Aged and Disabled Waiver (Aug. 2005)
SULLIVAN, Ellen	McNeely	The Webmaster's Tale: Joining the EU Information Society (Aug. 2005)
SZYMALAK, Jim	Pfiffner	Expanding the Obligation to Accommodate Public Employee Religious Free Expression and its Effects on Bureaucratic Accountability
TALKINGTON, Scott W.	Lipset	The Influence of Political Values and Campaign Spending in 1996 Congressional Elections (May 1998)
THIBAULT, Marc A.	Perry	A Multivariate Analysis of US Coast Guard Enlistment Propensity (Aug. 2004)
THOMAS, William C.	Tolchin	Cultural Transformation in the U.S. Air Force (Jan. 2003)
TRAMPE, Paul	Mayer	The Effects on Work Effort of the Simultaneous Phase-Down of Multiple Assistance Programs (Aug. 2008)
TRANG, Nga T.	Armor	Building Social Capital through Girl Scouts (Aug. 2004)
UNDERHILL, Jack A.	N Hart-Nibbrig	Putting the Pieces Together: An Integrated Approach to Moving Poor Mothers from Poverty to Independence (Aug. 1994)
VALENTINE, Patrick F.	Heclo	Equality and Efficiency: Telecommunications Policy and Conflicting American Principles (Jan. 1997)
VOLPE, Michael	Goldstone	Frame Resonance and Failure in the Thai Red Shirts and Yellow Shirts Movements
WANG, Yiying Elle	Goldstone	West African Merchants in Yiwu City, China: Immigrant Identities and Chinese Immigration Policies (December 2018)
WARFIELD, Wallace	Lipset	Politics, Parties, and Conflict Resolution: The Role of Urban Politics in the Management and Resolution of Community Conflict (Jan. 2001)
WILLIAMS, Michael B.	Armor	Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Military Leadership: A Feasibility Analysis of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission’s Service Academy Accession Recommendations (December 2013)
ZANGARDI, John A.	LaPorte	Regulation of Internet Top Level Domain Names (Jan. 2005)
ZHANG, Ting	Schintler	It's Never Too Late: Elderly Entrepreneurship in the Aging Economy (Jan. 2008)

Organizational and Information Technology

Student	Chair	Dissertation Title
AMES, Fred Lewis	Addleson	The Drive to Improve Performance in the Federal Government: A Longitudinal Case Study of Managing for Results (May 2015)
APPLE, Kristen	Stough	Should Business Methods be Patentable? Understanding the Impact on Society of Business Methods Patents (December 2013)
BAHARMAST, Al	Sommer	A Decision Framework for the Adoption of Business Process Collaboration in Supply Networks (Jan. 2005)
BODILLY, Susan J.	Mahler	Organizational Factors That Affect School Reform: Analysis of High School Attempts to Integrate Academic and Vocational Education (Jan. 1993)
BORDEAUX, John M.	Fukuyama	Self-Organized Air Tasking: Examining a Non-Hierarchical Model for Joint Air Operations (Jan. 2003)
COGHLAN, Thomas K.	Pfiffner	Intelligence Community (IC) Performance Management: Did the Director of National Intelligence’s (DNI) 2007 IC Policy Directive 651 on Performance Management Achieve its Policy Objectives?
COLEMAN, David W.	Perry	The U.S. Public Sector and its Adoption of Service Oriented Technology (December 2012)
DECHANT, Jason A.	Pfiffner	Catalyzing Change in Complex Organizations: The Department of Defense Office of Force Transformation (May 2013)
DUCHAK, George D.	Hill	Some Determinants of Information Technology Adoption Factors by Rural Electric Cooperatives
EMMONS, Elinor K.	Gulledge	Public Policy Implications From Private Sector Enterprise Integration (May 2001)
FLACH, Helen R.	Mahler	Influence of the Organizational Culture in Implementing Radical Mission Change in an Agency: The U.S. Soil Conservation Service, 1985-1995 (May 1997)
FRYE, Douglas W.	Gulledge	E-Procurement in the Private and Public Sectors (May 2004)
GERMAN, Keith H.	Goldstone	Interagency Interaction: Exploring the Facilitators & Inhibitors of Interagency Interaction in the US National Security System (May 2015)
HARE, Forrest B.	Sommer	The Interdependent Nature of National Cyber Security: Motivating Private Action for a Public Good (Jan. 2011)
HENNESSEY, J. Thomas, Jr.	Pfiffner	Organizational Culture and the "Reinvention of Government" (Jan. 1997)
HIRA, Ronil	Gulledge	Electronic Commerce and Manufacturing Supply Chain Integration and Management: Approaches to Improve Government Policies (Aug. 2002)
HU, Yinyue	Schintler	The Adoption of Electronic Medical Records by US Hospitals: An Exploration of Network Methods and Models
JONES, Boyd A.	Gulledge	Information Technology Enabled Public Sector Service Satisfaction (May 2004)
KARADEMIR, Kutluer	Goldstone	Democratic Policing and Organizational Learning in UN Police Missions: A Mixed-Methods Study (December 2012)
KAZMI, Hina	Schintler	Government Contracts and the Organization of Firms (August 2016)
KING, Marva E.	McNeely	Collaboration Program Effectiveness: Comparing Two Community Partnership Programs (December 2012)
KULIG, Nancy Lynn	Mahler	The Archetype Model of Leadership (May 1997)
LASSELLE, Alexis R.	Pfiffner	Legislating “Military Entitlements": A Challenge to the Congressional Abdication Thesis
LAWRENCE, James A.	Armor	Growing Earnings Inequality in U.S. Metro Regions (1990 to 2004): The Role of the Financial Services and Information Technology Industries (December 2013)
LITTON, Eric	Marvel	How Do Framed Messages Affect Budget Recommendations? An Experiment in Federal Government Budgeting (May 2017)
MARSTON, Kayyonne	Shelley	In Pursuit of Illicit Goals: Structure, Dynamics, and Collapse of Crime Facilitating Networks in Jamaica (August 2016)
MCCREESH, Patrick J.	Listokin	The Factors Contributing to Agency-Level Budgetary Patterns in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
MCQUADE, Samuel C., III	Sibley	Cops Versus Crooks: Technological Competition and Complexity in the Co-Evolution of Information Technologies and Money Laundering (Aug. 2001)
O'NEIL, Sean	Addleson	The Formation of Collaborative Inter-Organizational Networks (May 2009)
PARAJULI, Jitendra	Haynes	Broadband Internet in the U.S. (May 2013)
PERINO, George H., Jr.	Gulledge	Complexity: A Cognitive Barrier to Defense Systems Acquisition Management (May 2000)
PRICE, James E.	White/Cole	An Investigation of the Relationship Between Perceived Leadership and Managerial Effectiveness in Matrix Organizations (Aug. 1993)
SCAPPINI, Karla L.	Addleson	Organizing for Aid Effectiveness: A Multi-Case Study of U.S. Foreign Aid Delivery Models (December 2013)
SZYMALAK, Jim	Pfiffner	Expanding the Obligation to Accommodate Public Employee Religious Free Expression and its Effects on Bureaucratic Accountability
WILLIAMS, Michael B.	Armor	Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Military Leadership: A Feasibility Analysis of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission’s Service Academy Accession Recommendations (December 2013)

Global and International Systems

Student	Chair	Dissertation Title
ABDUKADIROV, Sherzod A.	Goldstone	Emergence of Political Parties during Democratic Transitions: An Agent-based Approach (May 2011)
ADAMS, Richard C.	Kash	Culture, Policy, and Technology Innovation: U.S. and Japanese Performance in Electro/Mechanical Technologies (Aug. 1995)
AGARWAL, Vertica	Reinert	The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Income Inequality: A Study of India (May 2007)
AGWARA, Hezekiah O.	Goldstone	Legacies of the Past: Coinciding Inequalities, Trust, and Entrepreneurial Capabilities of Nations (May 2012)
AL-NSOUR, Maen F.	Stough	Economic Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma: The Case of Israel and the Arab States (Aug. 1998)
AL-SALLOUM, Tariq M.	Haynes	Policy Choices In Developing Countries: The Case Of Privatization in Saudi Arabia (May 1999)
ASLAM, Ghazia	High	Dictatorship As a Bargaining Process: The Case Of Pakistan (Jan. 2011)
AU, Caterina	Stough	Diffusion and Adoption of Genetically Modified Cotton: Interaction of Agricultural Policies and Farm Households in the United States (Jan. 2010)
BALASURIYA, Kanishka	Root	How Decentralization Matters to Conflict: Devising a Generalizable Framework
BANERJEE, Pritam	Reinert	Trade in Professional Services and Technical Barriers to Trade in India's Preferential Trade Agreements (May 2013)
BEVERINOTTI, Javier H.	Hughes Hallett	Domestic Costs of Default: Financial Interactions and Policy Implications (December 2012)
BOARDMAN, Mary C.	Acs	Development Assistance and Counterinsurgency: Understanding Philanthropy and Charity Within a Clear-Hold-Build Strategy (May 2014)
BOLAÑOS FLETES, Lisardo Armando	Hughes Hallett	Choosing Trade Partners to Avoid Falling Behind (August 2019)
BOOPPANON, Sarasin	Reinert	The Effects of Bilateral and Regional Investment Agreements on the FDI Inflows into ASEAN Countries (Jan. 2008)
BYBEE, Ashley-Louise N.	Goldstone	Narco State or Failed State? Politics and Narcotics in Guinea-Bissau
CALHOUN, Todd R.	High	An Investigation into the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Freedom in Host Countries (May 2006)
CENGIZ, Mahmut	Shelley	The Globalization of Turkish Organized Crime and the Policy Response (Jan. 2011)
CHONG, Dae In	Root	Undervaluation, Political Economy, and Development (December 2018)
COLE, Benjamin R.	Goldstone	Re-conceptualizing Democracy: Harnessing Social Complexity at the State-Society Interface (May 2011)
CROMER, Gia C.	Goldstone	Transitioning Education in Emergencies in Africa
CUARTAS, Beatriz	Reinert	Essays on Well-being and Quality of Life in Latin America
DAS GUPTA, Debasree	Stough	Addressing High Fertility and Low Women's Work Participation: An Empirical Reflection on India (December 2013)
DAVIS, Theodore J.	Hart	High-Skill Migration as a Positive-Sum Relationship for Tradable Services: The Case of India and the United States (December 2013)
DEWAL, Snigdha	Root	Governance and Political Entrepreneurship in India: Case Studies of Gujarat and Bihar
ENGSTROM, Jeffrey	Wan	Patterns of Military Coercion: China and Taiwan, 1949-1958 (May 2020)
ESSIS, Jean-Mathieu	Clements	State Preferences in Multilateral Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy Making: An Empirical Analysis of the 1995 N.P.T. Review and Extension Conference (Aug. 1997)
FANDL, Kevin J.	Goldstone	Beyond the Invisible: The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Formalization on Small Businesses in Colombia (May 2010)
FASEHUN, Simisola	Goldstone	Impact of Humanitarian Aid on Facilitating Corruption: A Look at Nations in Central America and the Caribbean (August 2021)
FERNANDES, Benjamin J.	Goldstone	Impact of Foreign Military Education and Training on Coups (May 2020)
FONTANEZ, Paul J.	Fuller	Determinants of Kyrgyz Economic Growth
GOEPNER, Erik	Thrall	Hurt People Hurt People: Trauma, the State, and Civil War (December 2018)
GOPALAN, Sasidaran	Rajan	Monetary and Financial Implications of Foreign Bank Entry in Emerging and Developing Economies (August 2014)
GORY, Duane	Pfiffner	State Control Over NGOs That Are Not Financially Dependent On The State (Aug. 2008)
GUTH, Andrew	Shelley	The Corruption-Clientelism Relationship: Social Bonds and Debts Obligations (August 2019)
HANNA, Mitri	White	Perspectives on Decision Making: The Third United Nations Law of the Sea Conference, 1973-1982 (Aug. 1995)
HARTMAN, Anna	Dinan	Out of the Shadows: EU Security Strategies and the Emergence of Intelligence Sharing (December 2022)
HASHEMI, Layla	Shelley	Dynamics of Contention: Protest and Resistance in Authoritarian Contexts (May 2020)
HUSSAIN, Nazia	Shelley	Tracing Order in Seeming Chaos: Understanding the Informal and Violent Political Order of Karachi
IQBAL, Mufeeza	Reinert	Poverty, Basic Needs, and Political Violence: Insights into the Social Context of Terrorism from Pakistan's Northwestern Tribal Areas (August 2020)
KARADEMIR, Kutluer	Goldstone	Democratic Policing and Organizational Learning in UN Police Missions: A Mixed-Methods Study (December 2012)
KATCHANOVSKI, Ivan	Lipset/Kash	Regional Political and Policy Divisions in Ukraine and Moldova (Jan. 2002)
KHAN, Muhammad Salar	Hart and Olds	Absorptive Capacity and Economic Growth: How Does Absorptive Capacity Affect Economic Growth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? (August 2022)
KHWAJA, Elsa	Reinert	The Network Architecture of Rural Development Interventions: Exploring the Relational Dynamics of Aid-impact in the Fragile and Conflict-Affected Cases of Pakistan and Afghanistan (August 2021)
KIM, Sung Jae	Reinert	The Impact of Standards and Institutional Capacity on International Trade: An Examination of Food and Agricultural Products (May 2006)
KUILER, Erik W.	McNeely	The Search for Eudaimonia: An Analysis of International Development, Migration, and Gender Equality (May 2007)
LE RENARD, Callie	Dinan	External Actors and National Preference Formation: European Energy Security Policy and Relations with Russia (December 2013)
LI, Huaqun	Haynes	Regional Economic Inequality and Foreign Direct Investment in China
MALIK, Ammar Anees	Root	Exploring the Dynamics of Urban Development with Agent-Based Modeling: The Case of Pakistani Cities (May 2015)
MASCI, Pietro	High	Insurance Market Development and Entrepreneurship, with a Focus on Latin America and Brazil
MCGOVERN, Tara A.	Shelley	New Armed Groups in Colombia: The Emergence of the Bacrim in the 21st Century
MORSTEIN, Jennifer	Perry	Determining the Structure of the Global Dual Use Nuclear Trade Networks (May 1999)
MUTONE-SMITH, Danielle Marie	Tolchin	Food Aid Reform: The Basis for an NGO Led Reform Process
NAREL, James L.	Avruch/ Pfiffner	Humanitarian and Military Organizational Cultures and the Challenges of Contemporary Complex Emergencies (May 2007)
ONWUDIWE, Ruby	Goldstone	Globalization, Extractive FDI and the Effects of Multinational Corporations on Conflict Situations in Developing Countries (Aug. 2011)
OUTZEN, Richard	Mandaville	The U.S. Practice of Coercive Diplomacy 1990-2020 (May 2023)
PARDO, Camilo H.	Shelley	The Political Economy of Land Property Rights in the Colombian Civil War: A Study on Land-Grabbing (December 2019)
PATEL, Amit V.	Stough	Slumulation: An Integrated Simulation Framework to Explore Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Slum Formation in Ahmedabad, India (December 2012)
PELLETIERE, Danilo	Reinert	Why Do Countries Protect Used Goods Markets: An Inquiry Into the Used Automobile Trade (May 2003)
PERRON, Michael A.	Rhodes	State Sovereignty at Risk: A Descriptive Case Study on the Foreign Policy Decision-Making Behavior of Kim Jong Il During the Six-Party Talks (2003-2009) (May 2019)
PLANT JR., John T.	Goldstone	Population Policies for Developed States in Eastern Europe: A Framework for Comprehensive National Responses to Demographic Change (December 2018)
RAMNATH, Gayatri	Ketkar	Innovation in Emerging Market Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Barriers and Access to Resources (August 2012)
SAGER, Michelle	Conlan	Cooperation Without Borders: Federalism and International Trade (May 1999)
SALAZAR, Maria E.	Stough	Local Economic Development in Mexico: A Comparative Study of the Methods and Goals of Local, State and Federal Economic Development Agencies (May 2007)
SALEEM, Raja Muhammad Ali	Goldstone	Effect of Islam's Role in State Nationalism on the Islamization of Government: Case Studies of Turkey and Pakistan
SALEM, Pofen	Fuller	The Internationalization of Small Business Service Firms in Metropolitan Economies: A Case Study of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area (Aug. 2000)
SAMUDA, Karelle A.Y.	Goldstone	The Political Economy of the Constituency Development Fund in Kenya and Jamaica (May 2018)
SANY, Joseph Nzima	Goldstone	USAID Funds and Locals Own: Local Ownership of Projects in Situations of Fragility and Instability. The Cases of Idejen in Haiti and Building Peace and Prosperity in Casamance, Senegal (May 2013)
SCAPPINI, Karla L.	Addleson	Organizing for Aid Effectiveness: A Multi-Case Study of U.S. Foreign Aid Delivery Models (December 2013)
SHOEMAKER, Melissa	Wedel	A House Divided: Evolution of EU Asylum Policy After The Bosnian War (May 2009)
SHPAK, Solomiya	Earle	Essays on FDI, Oligarchs, and Firm Performance (May 2020)
SKLAREW, Jennifer	Hart	Shock to the System: How Catastrophic Events and Institutional Relationships Impact Japanese Energy Policymaking, Resilience, and Innovation
SONG, Chunpu	Stough	The Regional Macroeconomic Effects of Public Infrastructure in China (May 2011)
SOUSA, Sonia A.	Fuller	Entrepreneurship and Initiatives in European Union Regional Competitiveness
STOLORZ, Sebastian	Hughes Hallett	The Implementation of Inflation Targeting in Emerging and Developing Countries: The Role of Accountability in Designing and Executing Monetary Policy Regime (December 2019)
SUNDERBRUCH, Jude	Pfiffner	An Assessment of Neofunctionalist Spillover in Security Structures of the Post-Cold War European Union (Aug. 2008)
TIAN, Fangmeng	Hart	Emigration of Chinese Scientists and its Impacts on National Research Performance from a Sending Country Perspective
TIRTOSUHARTO, Darius	Stough	Regional Competitiveness in Indonesia: The Incentives of Fiscal Decentralization on Efficiency and Economic Growth (Jan. 2010)
VEGA, Henry, L.	Button	Developing Countries and Their Airborne Export Flows of Perishable and High-Tech Goods (May 2010)
VIRGILL, Nicola	Acs	Export Processing Zones: Tools of Development or Reform Delay? (May 2009)
VOLPE, Michael	Goldstone	Frame Resonance and Failure in the Thai Red Shirts and Yellow Shirts Movements
VU, Ha	Root	Fiscal Policy in Vietnam: Does It Spur Regional Concentration? (Jan. 2011)
WAHAB, Bilal A.	Shelley	Oil Federalism in Iraq: Resource Curse, Patronage Networks, and Stability. Case Studies of Baghdad, Kurdistan, and the Advent of ISIS (May 2015)
WANG, Yiying Elle	Goldstone	West African Merchants in Yiwu City, China: Immigrant Identities and Chinese Immigration Policies (December 2018)
WILSON, Brian Z.	Goldstone	Foreign Aid and Governance in a Complex Adaptive System (August 2020)
YANANMANDRA, Venkataramana	Rajan	Essays on Monetary and Exchange Rate Effects in India (May 2014)
ZELNIO, Ryan	Hart	A Complexity Approach to Evaluating National Scientific Systems through International Scientific Collaborations (May 2013)
ZHANG, Hong	Goldstone	Internationalization of China’s Developmental State: Mechanisms and Impacts (August 2021)

Military

Student	Chair	Dissertation Title
BUCHANAN, Scott C.	Goldstone	Alliance Structure and Transformation (May 2013)
BUCKLEY, Karen J.	Pfiffner	Deadly Contagion: The Tactical Use and Migration of Suicide Bombings (May 2018)
CUDA, Daniel L.	High	Depot Maintenance, and Businesslike Reform of the Department of Defense (Jan. 2011)
COGHLAN, Thomas K.	Pfiffner	Intelligence Community (IC) Performance Management: Did the Director of National Intelligence’s (DNI) 2007 IC Policy Directive 651 on Performance Management Achieve its Policy Objectives?
COHEN, Jordan	Hunzecker	Deal or No Deal: Explaining Congressional Restrictions on Arms Transfers (May 2023)
DECHANT, Jason A.	Pfiffner	Catalyzing Change in Complex Organizations: The Department of Defense Office of Force Transformation (May 2013)
FARLEY, Robin	Baker	Making Program/Budget Decisions about the Future of the Navy: How Senior Flag Officers Work with Political Appointees and Career Civilian Executives inside the Navy Headquarters (August 2014)
FERNANDES, Benjamin J.	Goldstone	Impact of Foreign Military Education and Training on Coups (May 2020)
GERMAN, Keith H.	Goldstone	Interagency Interaction: Exploring the Facilitators & Inhibitors of Interagency Interaction in the US National Security System (May 2015)
GILL, Angela D.	Goldstone	Leadership Legitimation and Political Instability in U.S. Interventions (December 2020)
HANCOCK, John A.	Pfiffner	Officer Performance: Do the Service Academies Make a Difference? An Examination of the U.S. Navy (May 1999)
KARADEMIR, Kutluer	Goldstone	Democratic Policing and Organizational Learning in UN Police Missions: A Mixed-Methods Study (December 2012)
KRUEGER, Richard D.	Pfiffner	Technology Transfer and U.S. National Security Policy: The Joint Strike Fighter (Aug. 2010)
LASSELLE, Alexis R.	Pfiffner	Legislating “Military Entitlements": A Challenge to the Congressional Abdication Thesis
MEDLOCK, Kathleen V.	Pfiffner	A Critical Analysis of the Impact of the Department of Defense Reorganization Act on American Officership (Aug. 1993)
NAREL, James L.	Avruch/ Pfiffner	Humanitarian and Military Organizational Cultures and the Challenges of Contemporary Complex Emergencies (May 2007)
O'NEIL, Sean	Addleson	The Formation of Collaborative Inter-Organizational Networks (May 2009)
PERINO, George H., Jr.	Gulledge	Complexity: A Cognitive Barrier to Defense Systems Acquisition Management (May 2000)
ROUGH, Jill A.	Mayer	Is the Abrams Doctrine Valid?: Exploring the Impact of Army National Guard Mobilization on Public Support for the War on Terror (Jan. 2011)
SUNDERBRUCH, Jude	Pfiffner	An Assessment of Neofunctionalist Spillover in Security Structures of the Post-Cold War European Union (Aug. 2008)
THIBAULT, Marc A.	Perry	A Multivariate Analysis of US Coast Guard Enlistment Propensity (Aug. 2004)
THOMAS, William C.	Tolchin	Cultural Transformation in the U.S. Air Force (Jan. 2003)
VENERI, Michael C.	Pfiffner	The Goldwater-Nichols Act and the Joint Duty Promotion Requirement: An Analysis of the U.S. Military's Implementation of a Congressional Mandate (May 2004)
WILLIAMS, Michael B.	Armor	Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Military Leadership: A Feasibility Analysis of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission’s Service Academy Accession Recommendations (December 2013)

Health

Student	Chair	Dissertation Title
ALPERT, Sheri	Lipset	Machine Tractable Human Tissue: Policy Implications for Medical Privacy (Jan. 2001)
ANDERSON, Douglas	Koizumi	An Examination of Potential Medical Group Practice Participation in Accountable Care Organizations (August 2014)
CERENZIA, Julia A.	Listokin	Professionalism and Self-Regulatory Standards: Responsiveness of Medical Licensure and Certification (May 2014)
COHEN, Martin F.	Hart	Testing Theories of Innovation Diffusion: Analysis of Physicians’ Adoption of Electronic Health Records
COLEMAN, John J.	Tolchin	Controlling Prescription Drug Abuse By Design (May 2007)
DAS GUPTA, Debasree	Stough	Addressing High Fertility and Low Women's Work Participation: An Empirical Reflection on India (December 2013)
DAVIS, Carol Barnett	Koizumi	An Examination of Family Health Spending and Medical-Financial Experience Circa Enactment of the PPACA of 2010 (May 2019)
EHRESMANN, Elaine C.	Connelly	A Marketing Process Model: An Analysis of the National Capital Area's Coordinated Care Program (TRICARE) (May 1995)
ELROD, Catherine Schrader	Perry	Individuals with Chronic and/or Disabling Conditions: Determinants of Utilization of Physical Rehabilitation Services (May 2005)
FABSITZ, Richard R.	Kash	Shifting Federally Funded Research Into Pasteur's Quadrant: A Case Study of the SBIR Program at NIH (May 2003)
FARR, DeAnn J.	Armor	Interstate Equity in Health Policy (Aug. 2004)
FREITAS, Elizabeth Neglia	Koizumi	The Impact of the End Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program on the Elderly (August 2020)
GOEPNER, Erik	Thrall	Hurt People Hurt People: Trauma, the State, and Civil War (December 2018)
GUDGEL, John E.	Koblentz	Insurance as a Private Sector Regulator and Promoter of Security and Safety: Case Studies in Governing Emerging Technological Risk from Commercial Nuclear Power to Health Care Sector Cybersecurity (May 2022)
HEARNE, Sheila M.	Regan	Medical Records: The Role of Advocacy Coalitions in Policy Change (Jan. 2003)
HEFFELMIRE, Kirk	Koizumi	The Spread of Evidence-Based Practices in Public Mental Health Services (August 2018)
HIMATHONGKAM, Tinapa	Koizumi	Grocery Shopping Destination Choice and Obesity: an Empirical Study of Urban Population in Bangkok, Thailand
HU, Yinyue	Schintler	The Adoption of Electronic Medical Records by US Hospitals: An Exploration of Network Methods and Models
JACKSON, Scott	Stough	Mulling Over Massachusetts: Health Insurance Mandates and Entrepreneurs (May 2008)
JOHNSON, Maurice	Listokin	The Impact of Addressing Social Determinants on Health Outcomes Among Medicaid Patients (August 2023)
KELEKAR, Uma	Stough	Fiscal Interactions among Local Government Units – A Spatial Analysis of the Health and Education Expenditures in the Philippines (Aug. 2011)
KLOC, Michelle L.	Koizumi	Policy Options for Use of Media Directed to Increase the Supply of Bachelors Educated Nurses in the U.S.A. (May 2010)
LEARY, Mary A.	Schintler	Policy Intersections or Policy Chasms - State Elder Mobility Policy, Practice and Long-term Care Reform (May 2008)
LEE, Kyung Min	Earle	Essays on Labor, Health, and Entrepreneurship (May 2019)
LE FAVOUR, John W.	Tolchin	Examination of the Influence of TRICARE Implementation on Ambulatory Health Care Utilization (Jan. 2003)
LI, Meng-Hao	Schintler	Multi-State Markov Models for the Analysis of EMR Diffusion in Health Care (May 2022)
MASTAL, Margaret F.	Mahler	Governance in American Health Care Organizations: 1984-1993 Elements and Patterns (Jan. 1997)
MAO, Rebecca J.	Ketkar	The Effects of Core Divestments on Innovations in the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Public Policy Analysis (May 2014)
MAY, Kyle P.	Hart	Internet Disseminated Medical Information: An Investigation of Three Regulatory Policy Tools (Jan. 2009)
METSCHER, Karen Noelle	Goldstone	Population Health Measures as Indicators of Fertility Change (Jan. 2009)
NAYEBPOUR, Mehdi	Koizumi	Personalization of Immunosuppressive Medication for Kidney Transplant Recipients (May 2022)
NUCCI, Owen	Koizumi	Three-Paper Dissertation on Female Veteran Healthcare Relating to Mental Health (December 2022)
PHILOGENE, G. Stephane	Haynes	A Comparative Statics Analysis of Efficiency and Productivity Changes of the National Institutes of Health's General Clinical Research Centers: 1990-1997 (Aug. 2000)
SRINIVASAN, Divya	Koizumi	The Influence of Health Reform on "Direct Pay" Medicine (May 2014)
STEVENS-THOMPSON, Yolanda	Perry	Analysis of the Eligibility Determination Methods for Medicaid's Aged and Disabled Waiver (Aug. 2005)
VLAICU, Sorina O.	McNeely	Patient Rights versus Managed Care: A Policy Formulation Model (Aug. 2003)
WALTERS, Julie	McNeely	Assisted Living Regulation in the United States: Institutional Responses to a New Industry (Aug. 2005)
WANG, Jiamin	Stough	Innovation through Alliance and M&A, Location Advantage, and Firm Growth: Evidence from U.S. Publicly Traded Pharmaceutical Companies (December 2012)

Education

Student	Chair	Dissertation Title
AUD, Susan L.	Armor	Competition and Efficiency Effects of Charter Schools (May 2002)
BERNARDY, Peter M.	Armor	Head Start: Assessing Common Explanations for the Apparent Disappearance of Initial Positive Effects (December 2012)
BODILLY, Susan J.	Mahler	Organizational Factors That Affect School Reform: Analysis of High School Attempts to Integrate Academic and Vocational Education (Jan. 1993)
CROMER, Gia C.	Goldstone	Transitioning Education in Emergencies in Africa
DINC, Mustafa	Haynes	The Dynamics of Efficiency in the State Higher Education Systems in the U.S. 1974-1994 (May 1999)
HAMILTON, Robert	Perry	Foreign Science & Engineering Doctoral Attainment in American Universities (Jan. 2010)
HANCOCK, John A.	Pfiffner	Officer Performance: Do the Service Academies Make a Difference? An Examination of the U.S. Navy (May 1999)
KELEKAR, Uma	Stough	Fiscal Interactions among Local Government Units – A Spatial Analysis of the Health and Education Expenditures in the Philippines (Aug. 2011)
KELLER, Bradford M.	Fuller	Higher Education and Employment: An Examination of How Support for Higher Education Can Improve Long-Term Economic Performance (May 2010)
KLOC, Michelle L.	Koizumi	Policy Options for Use of Media Directed to Increase the Supply of Bachelors Educated Nurses in the U.S.A. (May 2010)
LINDSEY, Bruce	Armor	The Effect of Computers on the Mathematics Achievement of American 8th Grade Students (Aug. 2005)
LINEHAN, Patrick D.	Armor	Factors Influencing Improved Student Achievement in Virginia (August 2012)
MCCLUSKEY, Neal P.	Armor	Education and Social Capital Maximization: Does Decentralization Hold the Key? (May 2013)
MILLER, David J.	Acs	Campus as Frontier: High Growth Student Startups at US Colleges and Universities
PARK, Eun Jung	Armor	Explaining Achievement Disparities between the United States and South Korea (May 2013)
PEDLIKIN, Philip S.	Mayer	The Closure of Institutions for the Intellectually Disabled: How Depopulation Impacts Programs and Spending (December 2020)
PETERS, Lutheria N.	Schintler	The Positionality of Race in Graduate and Professional School Admissions: A Theoretical Lens and Empirical Contribution for Race Conscious and Race Neutral Policies (December 2018)
PORTER, Tameka	Armor	Affirmative Action and Mismatch at Selective Postsecondary Institutions
HOPEWEL, Lindsey	McNeely	Manifestations of Diversity: An Ecological Analysis of the Institutionalization of Ethnic Studies Programs
SHAKIROVA, Ramziya	Hughes Hallett	The Importance of Institutional Arrangements for Development: A Study of the Relationship between Decentralized Governance and the Provision of Public Education
WATKINS, Shanea	Armor	The Effect of Charter Schools on Academic Achievement and Achievement Gaps (Jan. 2007)
WEISSBURG, Paul	Rudder	Shifting Alliances in the Accreditation of Higher Education: On the Long-Term Consequences of Delegation of Government Authority to Self-Regulatory Organizations (Jan. 2009)

Entrepreneurship

Student	Chair	Dissertation Title
AGWARA, Hezekiah O.	Goldstone	Legacies of the Past: Coinciding Inequalities, Trust, and Entrepreneurial Capabilities of Nations (May 2012)
ARNOLD, Aaron M.	Acs	An Organizational Approach to Entrepreneurship in the Federal Sector (May 2014)
BANERJEE, Pritam	Reinert	Trade in Professional Services and Technical Barriers to Trade in India's Preferential Trade Agreements (May 2013)
CHEN, Daowen Wendy	Abramson	Crowdfunding for Commercial and Social Ventures (May 2020)
DANI, Lokesh	Auerswald	Reconciling Design and Evolution in Economic Development: Methods to Map Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (May 2020)
DESAI, Sameeksha	Acs	Essays on Entrepreneurship and Postconflict Reconstruction (Aug. 2008)
DO, Soo Gwan	Acs	Does Social Capital Matter? The Impacts of Social Capital on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth in the Knowledge Economy (Jan. 2010)
GARG, Sachin	Auerswald	Essays on Big Data and Development (August 2017)
GUTIERREZ, Juan Julio	Hart	Plant-Level Innovation Patterns in a Globalized World: A Latin American Perspective (December 2013)
HODGE, Ronald	Listokin	Patterns of Adoption for Mobile Broadband: Its Role in the U.S. Digital Divide (May 2017)
JACKSON, Scott	Stough	Mulling Over Massachusetts: Health Insurance Mandates and Entrepreneurs (May 2008)
KIM, Mee Jung	Earle	Finance, Business Growth and Entrepreneurship (May 2020)
LEE, Kyung Min	Earle	Essays on Labor, Health, and Entrepreneurship (May 2019)
MASCI, Pietro	High	Insurance Market Development and Entrepreneurship, with a Focus on Latin America and Brazil
MILLER, David J.	Acs	Campus as Frontier: High Growth Student Startups at US Colleges and Universities
MITOKO, Jeremiah B.	Auerswald	Toward A Risk Tolerant Paradigm in Microcredit: Modeling the Case of Kenya (December 2019)
NOVAK, Justin M.	Hart	Use of Knowledge Commons in Open Innovation Systems: The Case of Free and Open Source Software
QIAN, Haifeng	Acs	Regional Systems of Entrepreneurship: The Nexus of Human Capital, Knowledge, and Entrepreneurial Activity (Aug. 2010)
RAMNATH, Gayatri	Ketkar	Innovation in Emerging Market Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Barriers and Access to Resources (August 2012)
SONG, Abraham Keunwon	Acs	State Business Incentives, Job Creation, and Entrepreneurship (May 2020)
SUTTER, Ryan C.	Stough	The Psychology of Entrepreneurship and the Technological Frontier - A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Regional Entrepreneurship in the United States (May 2010)
TINGLE, Anthony L.	Hart	Essays on the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs
WANG, Jiamin	Stough	Innovation through Alliance and M&A, Location Advantage, and Firm Growth: Evidence from U.S. Publicly Traded Pharmaceutical Companies (December 2012)
WATERS, Keith L.	Fuller	Firm Formation and Regional Labor Allocation (December 2018)
ZHANG, Ting	Schintler	It's Never Too Late: Elderly Entrepreneurship in the Aging Economy (Jan. 2008)

Population, Migration, and Public Policy

American Foreign and National Security Policy

Student	Chair	Dissertation Title
AL-NSOUR, Maen F.	Stough	Economic Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma: The Case of Israel and the Arab States
BOARDMAN, Mary C.	Acs	Development Assistance and Counterinsurgency: Understanding Philanthropy and Charity Within a Clear-Hold-Build Strategy (May 2014)
BUCKLEY, Karen J.	Pfiffner	Deadly Contagion: The Tactical Use and Migration of Suicide Bombings (May 2018)
BYBEE, Ashley-Louise N.	Goldstone	Narco State or Failed State? Politics and Narcotics in Guinea-Bissau
CAHILL, James D.	Rhodes	War Plans and Effective Military Organizations
CAMPBELL, Kristy	Gest	A Study on Presidential Approval and the Use of Force (August 2023)
COGHLAN, Thomas K.	Pfiffner	Intelligence Community (IC) Performance Management: Did the Director of National Intelligence’s (DNI) 2007 IC Policy Directive 651 on Performance Management Achieve its Policy Objectives?
CUDA, Daniel L.	High	Competition, Depot Maintenance, and Businesslike Reform of the Department of Defense
DEVIRGILIO, Mark	Sibley	Balancing Information Access and Security (BIAS): Explaining Three Decades of United States Encryption Policymaking
ENGSTROM, Jeffrey	Wan	Patterns of Military Coercion: China and Taiwan, 1949-1958 (May 2020)
FERNANDES, Benjamin J.	Goldstone	Impact of Foreign Military Education and Training on Coups (May 2020)
FISHEL, Eugene M.	Rhodes	Third-Party Considerations in U.S. Bilateral Relations: Four Case Studies Examining the Presence of the Moscow Factor in U.S. Policy Toward Sovereign Ukraine
FLETCHER, Charles V.	Armor	Politics and Military Base Closures
GERMAN, Keith H.	Goldstone	Interagency Interaction: Exploring the Facilitators & Inhibitors of Interagency Interaction in the US National Security System (May 2015)
GILL, Angela D.	Goldstone	Leadership Legitimation and Political Instability in U.S. Interventions (December 2020)
GOEPNER, Erik	Thrall	Hurt People Hurt People: Trauma, the State, and Civil War (December 2018)
GORDON IV, John	Pfiffner	The Quadrennial Defense Review: Analyzing the Major Defense Review Process
HARE, Forrest B.	Sommer	The Interdependent Nature of National Cyber Security: Motivating Private Action for a Public Good
HUSSAIN, Nazia	Shelley	Tracing Order in Seeming Chaos: Understanding the Informal and Violent Political Order of Karachi
HUTCHINSON, George	Rhodes	Sovereignty, Legitimacy, and the Bomb: A Framework for Explaining North Korea’s Nuclear Decisions and Strategies (December 2022)
KARADEMIR, Kutluer	Goldstone	Democratic Policing and Organizational Learning in UN Police Missions: A Mixed-Methods Study (December 2012)
KRUEGER, Richard D.	Pfiffner	Technology Transfer and U.S. National Security Policy: The Joint Strike Fighter
LASSELLE, Alexis R.	Pfiffner	Legislating “Military Entitlements": A Challenge to the Congressional Abdication Thesis
LE RENARD, Callie	Dinan	External Actors and National Preference Formation: European Energy Security Policy and Relations with Russia (December 2013)
MARSTON, Kayyonne	Shelley	In Pursuit of Illicit Goals: Structure, Dynamics, and Collapse of Crime Facilitating Networks in Jamaica
MCCREESH, Patrick J.	Listokin	The Factors Contributing to Agency-Level Budgetary Patterns in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
MCGOVERN, Tara A.	Shelley	New Armed Groups in Colombia: The Emergence of the Bacrim in the 21st Century
MICHAEL, George J.	Fukuyama	The U.S. Response to Domestic Right Wing Terrorism and Extremism: A Government and NGO Partnership
NAREL, James L.	Avruch/ Pfiffner	Humanitarian and Military Organizational Cultures and the Challenges of Contemporary Complex Emergencies
ONWUDIWE, Ruby	Goldstone	Globalization, Extractive FDI and the Effects of Multinational Corporations on Conflict Situations in Developing Countries
PARKER, Emma	Pfiffner	The Securitization of United States Foreign Assistance (December 2022)
PATACSIL, Peter K.	Rhodes	The Design and Evolution of the United States Cyber Command
PERRON, Michael A.	Rhodes	State Sovereignty at Risk: A Descriptive Case Study on the Foreign Policy Decision-Making Behavior of Kim Jong Il During the Six-Party Talks (2003-2009) (May 2019)
ROUGH, Jill A.	Mayer	Is the Abrams Doctrine Valid?: Exploring the Impact of Army National Guard Mobilization on Public Support for the War on Terror
SALEEM, Raja Muhammad Ali	Goldstone	Effect of Islam's Role in State Nationalism on the Islamization of Government: Case Studies of Turkey and Pakistan
SCAPPINI, Karla L.	Addleson	Organizing for Aid Effectiveness: A Multi-Case Study of U.S. Foreign Aid Delivery Models (December 2013)
SUNDERBRUCH, Jude	Pfiffner	An Assessment of Neofunctionalist Spillover in Security Structures of the Post-Cold War European Union
VOLPE, Michael	Goldstone	Frame Resonance and Failure in the Thai Red Shirts and Yellow Shirts Movements
WILLIAMS, Michael B.	Armor	Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Military Leadership: A Feasibility Analysis of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission’s Service Academy Accession Recommendations (December 2013)

Economic Policy

Student	Chair	Dissertation Title
AGARWAL, Vertica	Reinert	The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Income Inequality: A Study of India
AL-NSOUR, Maen F.	Stough	Economic Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma: The Case of Israel and the Arab States
ALLEN, Benjamin L.	Fukuyama	Consumption Taxation of Electronic Commerce: A Comparison of United States (US) and European Union (EU) Policies, 1997 to 2000
ARENA, Peter M.	Stough	High Technology Employment Growth in Metropolitan America: An Empirical Investigation
BELLAS, Dean Demetrius	Fuller	Fiscal Impact Simulation Modeling: Calculating the Fiscal Impact of Development
BEVERINOTTI, Javier H.	Hughes Hallett	Domestic Costs of Default: Financial Interactions and Policy Implications (December 2012)
BOLAÑOS FLETES, Lisardo Armando	Hughes Hallett	Choosing Trade Partners to Avoid Falling Behind (August 2019)
BOOPPANON, Sarasin	Reinert	The Effects of Bilateral and Regional Investment Agreements on the FDI Inflows into ASEAN Countries
BROOK, Douglas A.	Pfiffner	Business Style Financial Statements Under the CFO Act: An Examination of Audit Opinions
BRYANT, Victoria	Slavov	The Outbreak of a Tax Break: Essays on the Participation and Impact of the Saver's Credit Across Time and Distance (May 2020)
CALHOUN, Todd R.	High	An Investigation into the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Freedom in Host Countries
CHAMPAGNE, Maurice B.	Fuller	Interest Groups and Ideas: The Battle over Housing Finance in the Run-up to the Financial Crisis (May 2015)
CHAPMAN, Lynn	Haynes	The Effects of Monetary Policy on U.S. Regional Employment 1999-2004
CHECHERITA, Cristina	Hughes Hallett	A Macroeconomic Analysis of Investment Under Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and Its Policy Implications - the Case of Developing Countries
CHONG, Dae In	Root	Undervaluation, Political Economy, and Development (December 2018)
CHUDY, John P.	White	Political Management and Economic Policy Reform: An Exploration of Structural Adjustment Experience
COX, Kenneth E.	Button	Economies of Speed: Policy Implications of High Speed Technologies on the U.S. Maritime Transportation System
DANI, Lokesh	Auerswald	Reconciling Design and Evolution in Economic Development: Methods to Map Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (May 2020)
DAVIS, Theodore J.	Hart	High-Skill Migration as a Positive-Sum Relationship for Tradable Services: The Case of India and the United States (December 2013)
DESANTIS, Mark F.	Stough	Leadership, Resource Endowments and Regional Economic Development
DING, Lei	Haynes	Telecommunications Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development in China
DO, Soo Gwan	Acs	Does Social Capital Matter? The Impacts of Social Capital on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth in the Knowledge Economy
EMMONS, Elinor K.	Gulledge	Public Policy Implications From Private Sector Enterprise Integration
FANDL, Kevin J.	Goldstone	Beyond the Invisible: The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Formalization on Small Businesses in Colombia
FASEHUN, Simisola	Goldstone	Impact of Humanitarian Aid on Facilitating Corruption: A Look at Nations in Central America and the Caribbean (August 2021)
FAZZARI, Justin D.	Fuller	A Study of Metropolitan Economies from 1980 - 2000: Examining Changes in Metropolitan Sectoral Employment and Poverty
FONTANEZ, Paul J.	Fuller	Determinants of Kyrgyz Economic Growth
FRANK, Peter	Stough	Nonprofit Entrepreneurship in Regional Economies: Organization Creation and Economic Growth
GETTMAN, Jon	Fuller	Portfolio Variance Analysis and Sustainable Rural Economic Development
GOODLOE, John M.	Lavoie	Money, Democracy, and the Southern Tradition
GOPALAN, Sasidaran	Rajan	Monetary and Financial Implications of Foreign Bank Entry in Emerging and Developing Economies
HARPEL, Ellen D.	Fuller	The Role of Professional and Business Services in Metropolitan Economies
HOLLEY JR, William T.	Fuller	Assessing the Impact of Prison Siting on Rural Economic Development
HU, Xiaochu	Fuller	Immigration and Economic Growth in Metropolitan Areas (May 2014)
ISTRATE, Emilia C.	Stough	Small Businesses, Institutions, and the Informal Economy
JEFFERSON, Katherine D.	Stough	Transportation Policy and Quality of Life: An Analysis of the Socioeconomic Effects of Implementing Ramp Metering, High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes and High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes Within an Urban Transportation Network
JUNG, Yu Jin	Fuller	Linking Workforce Development and Economic Development in Regions: A Mixed Method Evaluation
KHAN, Muhammad Salar	Hart and Olds	Absorptive Capacity and Economic Growth: How Does Absorptive Capacity Affect Economic Growth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? (August 2022)
KHWAJA, Elsa	Reinert	The Network Architecture of Rural Development Interventions: Exploring the Relational Dynamics of Aid-impact in the Fragile and Conflict-Affected Cases of Pakistan and Afghanistan (August 2021)
KIM, Hyun Ju (Monica)	Koizumi	Essays on Household Decision-Making and Mobile Access in Ethiopia
KOCORNIK-MINA, Adriana	Stough	The Effects of Space of Inter-State Growth Dynamics and Income Disparities in India - Modeling the Simultaneous Growth of a System of Spatial Units
KUILER, Erik W.	McNeely	The Search for Eudaimonia: An Analysis of International Development, Migration, and Gender Equality
LAWRENCE, James A.	Armor	Growing Earnings Inequality in U.S. Metro Regions (1990 to 2004): The Role of the Financial Services and Information Technology Industries (December 2013)
LEE, Kyung Min	Earle	Essays on Labor, Health, and Entrepreneurship (May 2019)
LI, Huaqun	Haynes	Regional Economic Inequality and Foreign Direct Investment in China
LI, Ning	Kash	Innovation Systems and Technology Spillovers: Economic, Geographic, and Institutional Perspectives
LI, Qiangsheng	Haynes	Regional Dynamics and Growth Advantages of the Washington Metropolitan Economy: An Extended and Integrated Shift-Share Approach
LITTON, Eric	Marvel	How Do Framed Messages Affect Budget Recommendations? An Experiment in Federal Government Budgeting
LIU, Yanchun	Haynes	Impacts of Telecommunications Infrastructure and Its Spillover Effects on Regional Economic Growth in China
MAGNESS, Phillip	High	From Tariffs to the Income Tax: Trade Protection and Revenue in the United States
MOHD AMIN, Fatima	Hill	Innovation in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Malaysian Information Technology (IT) Industry
ONWUDIWE, Ruby	Goldstone	Globalization, Extractive FDI and the Effects of Multinational Corporations on Conflict Situations in Developing Countries
PALUBINSKAS, Ginta T.	Stough	Economic Transformation: The Full Societal Transformation Thesis
PARDO, Camilo H.	Shelley	The Political Economy of Land Property Rights in the Colombian Civil War: A Study on Land-Grabbing (December 2019)
PELLETIERE, Danilo	Reinert	Why Do Countries Protect Used Goods Markets: An Inquiry Into the Used Automobile Trade
RAMNATH, Gayatri	Ketkar	Innovation in Emerging Market Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Barriers and Access to Resources (August 2012)
RESTON, Russell	High	The Philippine Economy Under Ramos: A Comparative Scorecard
RUSTICI, Thomas C.	High	The Economic Effects of the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930 and the Beginning of the Great Depression
SALAZAR, Maria E.	Stough	Local Economic Development in Mexico: A Comparative Study of the Methods and Goals of Local, State and Federal Economic Development Agencies
SANY, Joseph Nzima	Goldstone	USAID Funds and Locals Own: Local Ownership of Projects in Situations of Fragility and Instability. The Cases of Idejen in Haiti and Building Peace and Prosperity in Casamance, Senegal (May 2013)
SHPAK, Solomiya	Earle	Essays on FDI, Oligarchs, and Firm Performance (May 2020)
SIDDIQUE, Abu Bakkar	Koizumi	Three Essays on Tax Behavior, Public Goods Provisions, and Income Poverty (August 2022)
SONG, Chunpu	Stough	The Regional Macroeconomic Effects of Public Infrastructure in China
STABILE, Bonnie B.	Tolchin	Balancing Morality and Economy: The Case of State Human Cloning Policies
STOLORZ, Sebastian	Hughes Hallett	The Implementation of Inflation Targeting in Emerging and Developing Countries: The Role of Accountability in Designing and Executing Monetary Policy Regime (December 2019)
TIRTOSUHARTO, Darius	Stough	Regional Competitiveness in Indonesia: The Incentives of Fiscal Decentralization on Efficiency and Economic Growth
UMAROV, Utkirdjan	Haynes	Modeling Lending Pressure and House Price Bubble Absorption: A Case of the United States (May 2018)
VACHAL, Kimberly J.	Button	Economic Growth of Nonmetropolitan and Agricultural Region Cities (Jan. 2005)
VEGA, Henry, L.	Button	Developing Countries and Their Airborne Export Flows of Perishable and High-Tech Goods
VU, Ha	Root	Fiscal Policy in Vietnam: Does It Spur Regional Concentration?
WATERS, Keith L.	Fuller	Firm Formation and Regional Labor Allocation (December 2018)
YANANMANDRA, Venkataramana	Rajan	Essays on Monetary and Exchange Rate Effects in India (May 2014)
ZHAO, Zuoquan	Stough	The Economic Growth of a Nation: A Spatial Perspective

Energy and Environmental Policy